Rice Square School

I can see they removed all reviews on FB that shine any negative light one them. While our kids largely had minimal issues with safety this incident has changed my view on RES being a "good" school. We had an awful experience with my child being grabbed by the throat and was choked!!! I called the school the next day, they never called me on the day the assault happened, like they were trying to sweep it under a rug. I was very saddened when my daughter, in tears, told me how another student assaulted her. It has effected her and still to this day she will cry about it. I called the school asking what they planned to do to ensure my children are safe from harm and what punishment will be for the child who assaulted my daughter and they told me "that's confidential". Do not send your kids here. The staff are negligent and I do not trust them to keep my kids safe from being harmed.

Mrs. Charles is a great teacher. she did a great job with my kid

My experience has truly been amazing. The community is very positive and overall a good learning atmosphere. The learning is amazing. They keep things fun and interesting while also challenging you or your child. The teaching is good. Homeroom teachers are very kind and positive and so are some specials teachers. I don't have any complaints for the specials teachers except for the art program. The art teacher is very disrespectful, rude, disempowing, and in my opinion should not be working with kids at all. The emotion support is also very good. Teachers are very understanding and so is admin. if you send your child to city view, you can for sure trust that your kid will have the emotional support they need. Special education is also very good and city view even has Step classes for your child. The safety is also pretty good. There will be fights but its not the schools biggest problem, infact the school doesn't have any big problems. Family engagement is also amazing. Admin and teachers are very good at helping families and answering questions when asked. Thank you for reading and I would for sure recomend city view discovery school for your child.

Venerini has a new principal, Dr. Alfieri, who is making positive changes to the school! Pros:Strong ELA programSmall class sizes Teachers know the students and familiesStrong music programGreat kids in the school Cons:STEM partnership with WPI does not exist anymore No outdoor playground (blacktop only) Middle school is too small, same teachers for all 3 gradesOverall Venerini is a good value for the money, and Dr. Alfieri is working to grow the areas that need improvement.